Small Quotes

8386 Small quotes by 4853 unique authors

If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense. — Lyall Watson
Death itself is too big to take in, she already sees that; the loss comes at you instead in an infinite number of small installments… — Allison Pearson
A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally… — Robert Fortune
A small town has as many eyes as a fly — Sonya Hartnett
A small town is nothing but eyes and gaping maw; it pecks at its own like a flock of vicious birds. — Sonya Hartnett
Cast a spell and the small flaws don't matter. (From Workbook) — Steven Heighton
You’ve only had a small glimpse of how insufferable and annoying I can be. As the older brother, it’s my birthright. — Maria V. Snyder
Language [can] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating movements of the… — Harlan Lane
The path to survival was to never give up on the small things. — Richard Flanagan
To be a part of something like 'Tron,' good God! It doesn't matter how big or small your role is, you're like, 'Yeah, I was… — Serinda Swan
Small wonder our national spirit is husk empty. We have more information but less knowledge. More communication but less community. More goods but less goodwill.… — Randall Robinson
In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our relationships that appears to be increasing rather than decreasing. — Nick Clooney
When we come upon beautiful things they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space. — Elaine Scarry
Remember, all of man's happiness is in the little valleys. Tiny little ones. Small enough to call from one side to the other. — Jean Giono
I think it’s a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories, — Sarah Polley
The sunlight ... that strikes Earth’s land surface in two hours is equivalent to total human energy use in a year. While much of that… — Christopher Flavin
I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of opportunity, at the… — Bill de Blasio
The world is full of small ignorances. We must all do our best to ignore them and thereby keep them small, don't you think — Helen Simonson
We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate… — Helen Simonson
Give other Christians permission to be different from you. You're not the only Christ-follower in the world, and neither are you the most committed. Your… — Will Davis
The virtue of small government is that the mistakes are small as well...If you want to leave a nation you think is corrupt, inefficient, militaristic,… — Kirkpatrick Sale
I like my small camper. I just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must… — Sly Stone
The spirit of delight comes in small ways. — Robert Louis Stevenson
A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language. — Giacomo Leopardi
For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then… — Alan Alda

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